Brush-holder.



W. E. WRIGHT.

BRUSH HOLDER.

APPLlcATIoN FILED DEC.30. 191s.

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WALTER E. WRIGHT, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

BRUSH-HOLDER.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 14, 1916.

Application led December 30, 1915. Serial No.,69,322.

` able others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in brush-holders, and pertains more especially to a brush-holder comprising an externally tapering head adapted to fit internally of,

the upper end of an upwardly flaring cup containing turpentine r vother liquid for protecting the bristles of the brush which is to be supported from said holder.

One object of this invention is to have said head comprise two separablefsections adapted to embrace the stock ofthe brush and facilitate the application of a brush to and its removal from the brush-holder. Another object is to provide said head with suitable packing and thereby prevent evaporation of the liquid in the cup adapted to receive the brush to be supported from said head.

Another object is to render a brush supported from said head only removable from the head upon the separation of the aforesaid sections of the head,

With these objects in view, and to the end of attaining any other advantageV hereinafter appearing, this invention consists in certain features of construction, and combinations and arrangement of parts, hereinafter described in this specification, pointed out in the claims, and .illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a side View of a brush-holder embodying my invention, and shows a brush supported from said holder and shows the brush-holder within the upper end-portion of and removably supported from al cup containing turpentine or liquid for preserving the bristles of the brush. In lthis figure the cup is shown in section and portions'of the brush-holder are broken away and in section to more clearly show the construction. Fig. 2 is a top plan relative to Fig. l, and portions are broken away and in section in Fig. 2 to more clearly show the construction. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section taken through the cup and through the brush-holder along the line 3 3, Fig. 1, and shows the brush in elevation. Fig. t is a transverse section on line 1 -i, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a view in perspective of one of the sections of the brush-holder. Fig. 6 is a vertical section on either line 6 6, Fig. 1.

Referring to said drawings, A (see Figs. 1 and 3) indicates an upwardly iiaring cup containing turpentine or other liquid, and a indicates the level of said liquid.

My improved brush-holder comprises aV head composed yof sections B and shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3,4 and 6 as fitting internally `of the upper end-portion of the cup A and tapering externally toward its yinner end. Said head is provided centrally with an aperture Z9 which extends from the outer end to the inner end of the head. Preferably said head is divided centrally of said aperture,` as at 8, (see Figs. 2, 3, a, and 6) into two separable sections B which are shown embracing -opposite portions respectively of Vthe stock C lof avbrush which is shown supported from said head and has its bristles 10 depending intothe liquid av in the cup A. The handle 12 of the brush is arranged externally of the cup.

The head-sections B are shown provided` at the upper or outer end of the head withshoulders 13 facing in the direction yof the inner end of the head'and overlapping the top of the stock C of the brush, as shown in Fig. 6. One ofthe head-sections B is shown It will be observed therefore that a separap stance, as a strip of leather,-which extends around the head. Said head is shown provided internally between the inner end of the head and the shoulders 13 with a layer 16 of packing,-such, for instance7 as a strip of leather,-extending around the aperture Z) in the head. Preferably each head-section B is provided at its inner face with an intermediate layer 17 of packing,-such, for instance, as a strip of leather,-extending between and connecting with the aforesaid internal and external packing-layers 15 and 16. rIhe packing 17 of one of the headseetions B is shown arranged at one side of the aperture 6, and the packing 17 of the other of said sections is arranged at the opposite side of said aperture.

Preferably each head-section B is provided with a dowel-pin 18 projecting into a cavity 20 in the other head-section, and the pin 18 and the cavity 2O of each head-section are arranged at opposite sides respectively of the aperture I).

It will be observed that the doWel-pins 18 constitute means for preventing displacement of the head-sections independently o-f each other.

What I claim is 1. In a brush-holder for a cup, a head adapted to enter the upper end-portion of and be removably supported from the cup and provided With an aperture which extends from the outer end to ,the inner end of the head and divided at saidl aperture into two separable sections adapted to embrace the stock of a brush, said sections being providedL at the outer end of the head with shoulders facing in the direction of the inner end of the head.

2. In a brush-holder for a cup, a head adapted to enter the upper end-portion of and be removably supported from the cup and provided with an aperture which extends from the outer end to the inner end of the head and divided at said aperture into two separable sections adapted to embrace the stock of a brush, said head being provided at its outer end with shoulders which face in the direction of the inner end of the head and having internal sloping surfaces which face in the direction of the outer end of the head.

3. In a brush-holder for a cup, a head adapted to be removably inserted into the upper end-portion of the cup and having an aperture which extends endwise of and through the head, said head being divided at said aperture and from end to end of the head into two laterally separable sections and provided at its outer end With a shoulder which faces in the direction of the inner end of the head.

1. In a brush-holder for a cup, a head adapted to be removably inserted into the upper end-portion of the cup and having an aperture which extends from the outer end to the inner end of the head, said head being divided at said aperture into two separable sections and provided at its outer end vvith a shoulder which faces in the direotion of the inner end of the head and having means for preventing endwise displacement of the head-sections independently of each other.

5. In a brush-holder for a cup, a head adapted to tit internally 0f the upper endportion of the cup and having an aperture extending from the outer end to the inner end of the head, which head has an external layer of packing extending around the head and an internal layer of packing extending around the aforesaid aperture, said head being divided at said aperture into two separable sections adapted to embrace the stock of a brush, one of said sections being previded at its inner face at one side of said aperture with a layer of packing connecting the aforesaid internal and external layers of packing together, and the other of said sections being provided at its inner face at the oppositeY side of said aperture with a layer of packing connecting said external and internal layers together.

In testimony whereof, I sign the foregoing specification, in the presence of two witnesses.

IVALTER E. WRIGHT. Nitnessesz B. C. BROWN, V. C. LYNCH.

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